George Muller: Man of Faith and Miracles

by Basil Miller

Book Overview

The remarkable and challenging story of a man who dared to believe that God both could and would supply all of his needswhether personal or for the thousands of orphans in his care Though confirmed in the church at the age of 14, George Muller was raised without a real concept of God. By the time he was 16, he was in jail as a vagabond and thief.In his early twenties he came in contact with a group of people who met regularly for prayer and Bible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871231824
• ISBN13: 9780871231826
• Release Date: April 1972
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Woohoo!

This book was very well written. I found myself filling the side margins with notes and underlining quotations. It is inspirational and extremely beneficial to anyone who wants to read about someone who had their priorities in order.

God is able and willing to do what He promises to Do

More than 25 years ago, my older son Ken (an avid Bible student and teacher)called my attention to George Muller and later provided me with a book on Muller's prayer life, believing, and victory over problems by believing that God was his sufficiency. Also that God would provide what he needed to fulfill his service to the glory of God. I am currently writing an article on "Faith" particularly as the word crops up in Alcoholics Anonymous,and immediately remembered the Muller book. This title, plus Muller's own biography, buttresses the belief so rapidly vanishing in Alcoholics Anonymous that God truly can meet the needs of, and guide, the alcoholic in overcoming the myriad of difficulties he encounters after he gets sober. Alcoholism can be cured. The wreckage of the past provides an equally demanding need for help and strength. Reliance on God was a necessary part of the cure in early A.A. And it was a necessary part in my own cure 21 years ago. I believe that this Muller book, the Narrow Road book about Brother Andrew, the Revolution book, and the Megashift book present solid grounds for putting your faith in the Creator of the heavens and the earth, coming to Him through Jesus Christ, and knowing for a certainty that Yahweh can show the way and provide--just as Muller found in his own victorious march to serve and love.

A Book That Impacts The Soul

I had heard of George Muller and how he was a man of prayer and faith but I really didn't understand the story of George Muller until I happened to read this short book by Basil Miller on his life. Truly, Muller searves as an example of a life of faith, prayer, obedience, and faithfulness unders whatever circumstances he found himself until his very last day. This short book (159 pages) offers the reader a short glimpse into the life of George Muller. Much like our Saviour (John 21:25), this book does not explore the true life of Muller. It does, however, give the reader a quick look at his life and it will indeed challenge your faith. Muller's prayer life alone should touch a nerve in every true disciple of Jesus and call us all to a deeper life of prayer. Muller demonstrated that he took Jesus' words serious when Jesus told us to pray and not give up (Luke 18:1) and that whatever we ask in faith we will receive for his glory and honour (John 14:12-14). Overall, Miller's work is to the point and a solid read. I greatly enjoyed the layout of the book which you would expect in a biography such as this. Miller covers George Muller's life from birth to death and he shows us the highs and lows of Muller all in between. I also greatly appreciated the fact that Miller reveals that Muller is just like you and I in the sense that he was a sinner in need of a graceful Saviour (Romans 3:23-24). Muller's life will have an impact on your soul.

An inspiring example of answered prayers

George Muller was the pastor of a small church in England in the early 1800s. In those days, churches were financed by pew rents. Families would rent the pew where they sat each Sunday and from these funds, the pastor would be paid and other expenses of operation met. The pews in the best locations cost more. Rev. Muller became convinced that pew rents were contrary to the will of God, and after several months as pastor on a salary, announced to the congregation that he would no longer receive a salary, but that they should place a box in the chapel into which they could place offerings to support him. He further announced that he would tell only God of his needs.In 1833, he became pastor of Bethesda Chapel in Bristol. There were many orphans on the streets, and Reverend Muller began inviting some to his home to eat breakfast each day and then taught them from the scriptures. In 1834 he established some day schools to help them get an education and conducted Sunday School for them on Sunday. In 1836, God moved him to establish a small orphanage in the neighborhood in a rented house. He added more rented houses, and then was moved by God to acquire land at the edge of town (Bristol) and build a modern orphan's home in 1849. He continued to add buildings for many years until there was space for over 2,000 orphans. Reverend Muller depended entirely on contributions to meet all the building construction and operating money and his personal living expenses.. Yet he had a firm rule, based on his personal belief that he should never ask anyone for a contribution - in fact, never even tell anyone who asked whether the orphanages were in need of funds. He asked only God in his prayers, and always was very specific in his petitions to God. God moved him to keep meticulous records of his prayer requests and there results. In journals he dated and recorded each request on the left hand side and then dated and recorded the results opposite on the right hand side. His biographers had a lot of material to work with.Reverend Muller undertook nothing, even the smallest expenditure, unless he felt it was the will of God. He was asked how he sought the will of God. This is his reply:1. "I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are overcome when our hearts are ready to do the Lord's will, whatever it may be. When one is truly in this state, it is usually but a little way to the knowledge of what His will is.2. Having done this, I do not leave the result to feeling or simple impressions. If so, I make my self liable to great delusions.3. I seek the will of the Spirit of God through or in connection with the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay my self open to great delusions also.4. Next I take into account providential circumstances. These plainly indicate God's wi

This book can impact your life.

In 1946, on my 13th birthday, my Sunday School teacher gave me a copy of this book. In 1992, I found it in my mother's home and re-read it. It was a life changing experience. I have bought and given away more than 200 copies since then.One thing that makes George Muller's biography's unique is the amount of documentation that his biographer's had to work with. Each year, he published a detailed report of activities, but more meaningful were the journals he kept in which he listed all prayer requests and the outcomes of those requests.Muller was born in 1805 in Prussia. As a young man, he decided not to tell anyone of his needs, but to rely solely on prayer. God taught George Muller faith and trust by continually testing him, but always providing what he needed. Muller was motivated in 1836 to start an orphanage for 30 street children in Bristol, England. Over the years, as a result of his prayers, the orphanage grew to house over 2000.Muller lived to be 93. In his later years, he was honored internationally and invited to visit and speak in many cities. Beginning in 1875 he made 17 trips and visited 42 countries, telling his story of faith, trust, and prayer.This is an inspiring book. It is filled with stories of many actual experiences that help the reader grow his or her own faith.